Civilization in the Huang He Valley

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Civilization in the Huang He Valley
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China today has the most people of any nation on
Earth over 1.2 billion
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China has one of the longest continuous histories
on Earth. Their civilization began in the
fertile valley of the Huang He or Yellow River.
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The river is yellow due to the yellow silt it
carries. The silt is called Loess
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The river valley was so fertile that wars were
started to control the food production of the
area.
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The people of China believe that the world was
created by a giant named Pan Gu.
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The Chinese believed in many gods, and even
prayed to their ancestors.
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The Chinese would ask questions about the future
using oracle bones.
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The oracle would cast the bone into a fire. How
the bone broke in the heat determined the answer.
The answer was then written on the bone with
Chinese pictographs. That is how we know so
much about life back then.
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The Xia were the first dynasty. They ruled with
a Mandate of Heaven, or an order to the king to
rule, given by the gods.
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The Shang Dynasty came next. They greatly
expanded the empire. The greatest advancement
was the invention of Chinese writing
(pictographs).
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Because of the difficult terrain (landforms)
around China, communication and travel were
difficult. It is surround by the Pacific Ocean,
The Himalayan Mountains, The Gobi and Takla Makan
Deserts just to name a few. The Chinese people
thought that they were the center of the universe
as a result of this. They knew very little about
the world outside.